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Sex charge should stick in mutilation case, feds say

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full article originally posted at: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/10/19/sex-charge-stick-genital-mutilation-case-feds-say/106793430/ Detroit – Dr. Jumana Nagarwala digitally penetrated and cut the genitalia of 7-year-old girls and should face a sex charge in the nation’s first female genital mutilation trial, prosecutors said Wednesday. Prosecutors made the argument four weeks after the Northville doctor and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar of…

These are the best and worst megacities for women to live in

endfgmtoday October 24, 2017 October 24, 2017at-risk girls, Domestic Violence Act, Feminism, Health Information, Media, U.S.

Article originally posted at: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a13042245/best-and-worst-megacities-for-women/ When it comes to the best place to be a woman, it turns out London isn’t so bad. The UK capital has been deemed the best megacity for women, according to the results of a survey carried out by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The poll questioned 380 experts in…

Less Judgement, More Action Is Needed On Female Genital Mutilation

endfgmtoday October 17, 2017 October 17, 2017Africa, at-risk girls, Canada, Domestic Violence Act, endorsers of FGM in America, Federal Charges, Feminism, FGM, Importing FGM to America, Legislation, Media, U.S., WHO

Originally posted at: https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/less-judgement-more-action-is-needed-on-female-genital-mutilation-shaazia-ebrahim/ Despite the dangers and growing opposition to the practice, female genital mutilation (FGM) persists across the world. According to the World Health Organisation, over 200 million women and girls alive today have undergone FGM – the partial or total removal of their external female genitalia – or other…

40 Women To Watch Over 40 Celebrates Possibilities Ahead For Women

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Full Article Originally posted at: 40 Women To Watch Over 40 Celebrates Possibilities Ahead For Women Nawal Nour is the Director of the African Women’s Health Center and other initiatives at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and a foremost expert in combatting female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) internationally. She…

FGM Campaigner Leyla Hussein on Why Genital Cutting Is a Global Problem

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Originally Posted at: https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/10/11/fgm-campaigner-leyla-hussein-on-why-genital-cutting-is-a-global-problem NEW YORK – Leyla Hussein has become one of the world’s most visible campaigners against female genital mutilation (FGM). However, the FGMsurvivor, psychotherapist and award-winning advocate for gender equality, thinks the practice can only be stamped out if the affected communities tackle it with just the right combination of political…

‘Veep’ Boss on the “Heartbreaking” Breakup Scene and Selina’s Defense of Female Genital Mutilation

endfgmtoday August 11, 2017 September 5, 2017Media

David Mandel’s HBO series is nominated for a record 17 Emmys this year as Selina (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) sets her sights on, once again, becoming POTUS. David Mandel delivered yet another game-changing finale this season. The showrunner wrote and directed the episode “Groundbreaking,” earning him two Emmy noms among the…